Children undergoing radiation therapy for cancers are required to wear protective, immobilizing masks during treatments to keep them in the proper position. For pediatric cancer patients, these masks can add to the anxiety and fear they are already experiencing during their life-saving treatment. However, two radiation therapists at North Shore-LIJ Health System’s Department of Radiation Medicine have been easing that anxiety and fear by painting the masks, according to a child’s preference, with the faces of superheroes or other characters. A collection of the painted masks is now on display at the Hofstra North-LIJ School of Medicine. Find out more at medicine.hofstra.edu/about/news/pressreleases/111413_mask...